JACKSON, Mississippi, July 25 -- The Mississippi Department of Health issued the following news release: The Mississippi State Department of Health has launched Transportation to Health for those needing a ride to a county health department or participating pharmacy. The federal-grant funded program provides transportation to and from county health department clinics and offices for health services or a WIC appointment. Rides can also be scheduled to pick up prescriptions received at health dep  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 24 -- The Missouri Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn has declared a Crisis Exemption through Section 18 of the EPA's Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). MDA received EPA concurrence for the crisis declaration, allowing the use of Intrepid 2F(R) Insecticide to mitigate armyworms in Missouri rice. The Crisis Exemption went into effect July 18 in the following Missouri c  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 25 -- The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following news release: The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has designated six elementary schools as Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools (SOR) for the 2024-25 school year, and for the first time a Mississippi Science of Reading School has been named. The Emerging SOR designation is for schools that have trained teachers in the science of reading, exemplified a change of instructional prac  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 25 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A crisis is not the time to be exchanging business cards. That was the message to cybersecurity leaders from Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Jamie Hankins of the FBI's Jackson Field Office during the Mississippi Cyber Initiative's Quarterly Cyber Summit held at Mississippi College last week. The Mississippi State University-led Mississippi Cyber Initiative is forging new connections to help the Magnol  more